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A new decomposition strategy for parallel bonded molecular dynamics

Conference ·
OSTI ID:54401
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  1. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM (United States)

A method is described for parallelizing molecular dynamics (MD) simulations by block-decomposing the matrix of bonded and non-bonded force computations. It is particularly useful for organic simulations (polymers, proteins) because it requires no geometric information about the simulation domain unlike spatial-decomposition methods. Because its communication cost scales as N/{radical}P rather than N as in the all-to-all broadcast or ring-exchange techniques commonly used in this type of MD simulation, larger numbers of processors can be used effectively, yielding greater parallel speed-ups.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratory
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
OSTI ID:
54401
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/25151--1-Vol.1; CONF-930331--Vol.1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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